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strad·dle [ʼstrædl̩] vt( jumping) [mit gestreckten Beinen] springen;his horse \straddled the fence with ease sein Pferd setzte mit Leichtigkeit über den Zaun2) ( bridge)to \straddle sth a border etw überbrücken [o ( geh) überspannen]; ( fig); difficulties etw überkommen;the National Park \straddles the Tennessee-North Carolina border der Nationalpark verläuft zu beiden Seiten der Grenze zwischen Tennessee und North Carolina3) ( part one's legs)to \straddle sth etw spreizen [o grätschen];4) milto \straddle a target um ein Ziel herum einschlagen5) ( esp Am);(fig: equivocal position)to \straddle sth bei etw dat keine klare Position beziehen;to \straddle an issue bei einer Frage nicht klar Stellung beziehen, zwischen zwei Alternativen schwanken vi ( stand) breitbeinig [da]stehen;( sit) mit gegrätschten [o gespreizten] Beinen [da]sitzen n Grätsche f; ( jump) Scherensprung m; ( in athletics) Straddle[sprung] m fachspr
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